ERKEN CUMHURİYET DÖNEMİ SABATAYCILIK TARTIŞMALARI: TÜRK SESİ GAZETESİ’NDEN 1924 TARİHLİ BİLİNMEYEN BİR TEFRİKA

OZ 1 Ocak 1924 tarihinde Sabatay kokenli bir kimlige sahip tuccar Karakas-zâde Rustu’nun M. Kemal Pasa’ya yazdigi acik mektupta, Selanikliler diye bilinen Donme cemaati hakkinda bir takim ifsaat ve sikâyetlerden bahsedilmekteydi. Bu mektuptan sonra matbuat âleminde Donmelik uzerinde hayli sicak tartismalar yasandi. Mubadele olayina denk gelen ve lehte ya da aleyhte cereyan eden bu tartismalar bugun akademik ve populer litarturde yeterince bilinmektedir. Ayni tarihlerde Izmir’de cikan ve milliyetci bir soyleme sahip Turk Sesi gazetesinde yayinlanan bir yazi dizisi ise bu munakasaya dogrudan istirak etmis ve tarafsiz bir caba gostermesine ragmen Sabataycilik hakkinda apolejetik bir metin ortaya cikmistir. Isbu makalede bahsi gecen tefrika konu edinilmekte olup, doneme dair tartismalara deginilmis ve yazi dizisi transkribe edilmistir. Anahtar Kelimeler : Sabataycilik, Avdetilik, Donme, Mubadele, Turk Sesi Gazetesi SABBATEAN CONTROVERSY IN EARLY TURKISH REPUBLICAN PERIOD: AN UNKNOWN SERIAL IN TURK SESI NEWSPAPER (1924) ABSTRACT At the end of 1923, Karakas-zâde Rustu who was of a Donme origin merchant lodged a petition about his community, also known as Avdetis and Selaniklis, to the Turkish Parliament. The petition, which was published in one of the Turkish dailies on January 1, 1924, triggered a series of discussion and fierce disputes about the past, present and future status of the Donme communities. Pamphlets, letters, and newspaper articles followed one another. The rise of new nation-states and subsequent Mubadele, the forced population exchange between Turks in Greece and Greeks in Turkey were some of the key historical factors which fueled the discussion. A hitherto unknown newspaper serial, dated January 1924 and published in Turk Sesi, furnishes us new details about this important controversy. Even though the author of the text is still unidentified, his stated aim is to write an objective account of the Donmes. After examining the historical context of the controversy, the purpose of this article is to publish the transliteration of this apologetic text with explanatory footnotes. Key Words : Sabbatean, Avdeti, Donme, Mubadele, Turk Sesi Newspaper